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Following the release of GCC 15.1 at the end of April as the first stable version of the GCC 15 compiler, GCC 15.2 is now available with a variety of bug fixes back-ported...

Frame gen tool for Linux gets up to 4x performance boost with new feature, "mainly" on AMD graphics cards  PC Guide

Windows is losing ground. Linux is growing on corporate desktops, citing increased security.  Red Hot Cyber

[Inside LBS Ⅲ] Dividing and Conquering Linux High-Capacity SSD Support with LBS  Samsung Semiconductor

LACT 0.8.1 Linux GPU Control Panel Improves Voltage/Clock Controls For Older AMD GPUs  Phoronix

LACT 0.8.1 is out with a few important changes for this open-source Linux GPU control application that is written in Rust and rendered using GTK...

Linux for gamers – from nerd niche product to serious contender  igor´sLAB

A Linux terminal app for native Android development? Here's why I'm bullish  ZDNET

MariaDB today announced the general availability "GA" release of the MariaDB Community Server 12.0 release. This first MariaDB 12 release brings many exciting enhancements over MariaDB 11 for this open-source database originally derived from MySQL...

Following the recent Linux kernel patch adding the AMD Zen 6 synthetic feature flag I suspected more AMD Zen 6 kernel patches would begin flowing... Sure enough, two new patches today noting some new model IDs in the Family 1Ah family as well as confirming rumors that next-gen EPYC Venice processors would support 16 channel memory...

New AMD Zen 6 Linux Patches Posted - Confirming Up To 16 Memory Channels  Phoronix

Farlight 84 is now broken on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Released with Linux 6.14 + Mesa 25  OMG! Ubuntu

Here's How I Avoid AUR Malware on Arch Linux  How-To Geek

Linux 6.17 Standardizes The Keycode For The "Performance Boost" Key  Phoronix

With the input subsystem updates for Linux 6.17 in addition to now mapping ther F13 to F24 keys by default for PS/2 keyboards, the "performance boost" key beginning to be found on some laptops now has a standardized keycode. With standardizing that keycode, Linux desktop/user-space software will be able to more easily and uniformly set the intended behavior should your laptop/system have such a performance key...

The Rust-written open-source Redox OS operating system saw a roughly 500% to 700% performance improvement for basic file copy operations since the end of last year, among other ongoing performance optimizations. Plus various other Redox OS features continue to be addressed too as noted in their newest monthly status report...

I spent a weekend with this Linux distro built to look like Windows 11, and it’s much closer than I thought it would be  xda-developers.com

Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)  ZDNET

10 Linux features you should be using to get the best performance and functionality  ZDNet